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<A NAME="BFCCGHAB"></A><h1>How to maintain extended attributes</h1>
<A NAME="TI6874"></A><p>PowerBuilder provides facilities you can use to create, modify,
and delete display formats, edit styles, and validation rules independently
of their association with columns. The following procedure summarizes
how you do this. </p>
<A NAME="TI6875"></A><p><img src="images/proc.gif" width=17 height=17 border=0 align="bottom" alt="Steps"> To maintain display formats, edit styles, and
validation rules:</p>
<ol><li class=fi><p>Open the Database painter.</p></li>
<li class=ds><p>Select View&gt;Extended Attributes.</p><p>The Extended Attributes view displays listing all the entities
in the extended attribute system tables.</p></li>
<li class=ds><p>Do one of the following:<A NAME="TI6876"></A>
<ul>
<li class=fi>To create a new entity, display the pop-up menu
for the type you want to add, then select New.</li>
<li class=ds>To modify an entity, display its pop-up menu, then
select Properties.</li>
<li class=ds>To delete an entity, display its pop-up menu, then
select Delete.
</li>
</ul>

                    </p><p><img src="images/note.gif" width=17 height=17 border=0 align="bottom" alt="Note"> <span class=shaded>Caution</span> <A NAME="TI6877"></A>If you delete a display format, edit style, or validation
rule, it is removed from the extended attribute system tables. Columns
in the database are no longer associated with the entity.</p>
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